Awards & Honors

A wide variety of Awards and Honors are issued to individuals whose outstanding service at the University of Kentucky earns recognition. For information regarding the nomination process, award history, or other details please contact the orginating College/Department.

Each year, the University recognizes faculty and graduate students for outstanding teaching. The awards are intended to identify and recognize individuals who demonstrate special dedication to student achievement and who are envincing meritorious success in their teaching. These awards emphasize the University's commitment to the importance of teaching as its vital core mission in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.

The deadline for faculty, staff, and students to submit one-page initial nominations to the faculty member's (or teaching assistant's) department chair (or school director) is 4 p.m. Friday, February 9. The deadline for department chairs to submit their two-page formal nominations to the Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement is 4p.m. Friday, February 23. All submissions are to be sent electronically to Jennifer N. Haynes @ jmhayn0@uky.edu.